MapAfrica

MapAfrica is the African Development Bank's publicly available geographic visualisation platform that maps the bank's project portfolio across the continent, showing active and pipeline projects by country, sector, and financing window, giving suppliers a spatial view of where AfDB-funded procurement is concentrated.

What is MapAfrica?

MapAfrica is an interactive web tool published by the afdb that translates its project database into a map of Africa. Users can filter projects by country, sector (infrastructure, agriculture, health, education, etc.), and funding source, and click through to individual project summaries that include financing amounts, implementing agencies, and project status. Because each project in the AfDB portfolio eventually generates procurement notices, MapAfrica functions as an early-warning geographic layer on top of the formal procurement portal.

The platform is particularly useful for suppliers who think geographically rather than project-by-project. A firm specialising in rural electrification can use MapAfrica to identify which sub-regions have concentrated energy portfolio activity, then focus relationship-building on those countries before solicitations are published. Cross-referencing MapAfrica data with the csp of high-activity countries gives a rounded picture of both current and planned procurement.

Why MapAfrica matters for bidders

MapAfrica compresses a great deal of intelligence gathering into a single visual check. Instead of reviewing dozens of individual project pages, a supplier can scan the continent at a glance, identify where their sector is active, and prioritise their country engagement accordingly. The platform also helps non-rmc suppliers quickly confirm whether an active country has significant adf-funded (universally accessible) work, or primarily ADB-window work that is restricted to African firms. For firms building a multi-country Africa strategy, MapAfrica is the logical starting point before deeper due diligence.

FAQ

Is MapAfrica free to use?

Yes. MapAfrica is a publicly available platform on the AfDB website, requiring no registration or login to access the project map and summaries.

How current is the data on MapAfrica?

MapAfrica draws on the AfDB's project database, which is updated periodically. It is best treated as a strategic overview tool rather than a real-time tender alert system; procurement notices must still be monitored directly on the AfDB portal.

Can MapAfrica show me tender notices directly?

MapAfrica shows project-level information and links to project pages, but active solicitation notices are published on the separate AfDB procurement portal, not within MapAfrica itself.